Zuckerberg criticised following 'virtual tour' of Puerto Rico

The tech tycoon - streaming from Facebook's campus in Menlo Park, California - then announced that the company is partnering with the Red Cross to use artificial intelligence (AI) to assist with relief efforts in the devastated South American country.

After discussing Facebook's contributions to Puerto Rico, Zuckerberg and Franklin transported themselves to the Moon and to Zuckerberg's living room to see his dog - all in virtual reality. Moreover, they also announced the creation of population maps using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Moreover, it will help people determine their location and density in those places.

While the video was presumably meant to raise awareness for the damage in Puerto Rico (as well as tease that Facebook will be having its fourth-annual developer conference for VR on Wednesday, Oculus Connect), it came off as a tone-deaf exercise. The live-stream saw Zuckerberg and Rachel Franklin, head of social VR at Facebook, represented as cartoon avatars in flooded areas of the United States territory, where citizens are still struggling to access clean water, electricity and other necessities in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

The demo has repeatedly been called "tone deaf", since Zuckerberg and Facebook's head of social virtual reality, Rachel Franklin, were showing their avatars smiling and high-fiving against a backdrop of flooded areas and people cleaning up debris.

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Facebook has donated $1.5 million to organizations working for hurricane relief such as the World Food Program. He said his company had already sent several employees to the island to help ensure networks were operating properly.